Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-01-18

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two or more good and sufficient
sureties for the faithful performance OF
bis duties under this chapter. Such bond
shall be in double tue payable amount of
the available school fun which may come
into his hands, to be estimated by the
county superintendent, and shall be made
payable and conditioned IS prescribed in
article 9S9, Revised Statutes of Texas.
Upon the receipt of the certificate from
the state superintendent, duly counter
signed by the comptroller, showing the
pro rats of the available school fluid to
which his county is entitled under the
appOrtIonment, the county treasurer shall
present the same to the collector of taxes,
for his county, who shall pay the same
from time to time out of the school taxes
IN his hands. The county treasurer shall
indorse the amounts so paid by the col
lector on the Certificate, and shall also
execute and deliver to the collector
duplicate receipts for such payments, and
when the whole amount of such certificate
shall have been paid the county treasurer
snail DENVER the same to the collector, in
whose hands it shall be a voucher for SO
much m Oney in his settlement with the
comptroller of public accounts. The
county treasurer shall keep record Ct
all school funds received by him, showing
the year for which the same ere to be
disbursed, and snail credit school DIS
tricts after numbering aud otherwise
designating such districts, with
such amounts as may be apportioned 10
them by the county superintendent. All
balances of the general fund not appro-
priated or expended for the current year
shall DE carried over by the treasurer as a
part of the general fund for the state for
the succeeding year, and shall be reported
by him to the state superintendent to the
end that they may be counted in the gen.
eral spportionment for the following
year.
Sec. As. Anyone desiring to teach q
publ free school shall, unless known 10
the county superintendent, present GER
titlca from the Justice OF the peace of
the precinct IN which he or she desires to
teach, or in which he or she may reside;
or IN case the applicant has acquired no
resid nee in this state, then some other
certificate satisfactory to the county su
periuteudent that the applicant is of good
moral character and of CORE CT, ext mplary
habits; the county superintendent shall
thereupon, unless satisfied that some
good cause exists for refusing such GER
titicate, conduct an examination of the
applicant under such rules as the
state superintendent may prescribe,
on the branches hereinafter named,
as follows, to-wit: Applicants for third
grade certificates shall be examined in
or biography, reading, writing, arithmetic,
English grammar and geography. Appl-
cants for second grade certificates shall
be examined in the branches named in the
third glade and also in composition, his
tory OF the United States and the theory
aud practice OF teaching. Applicants for
first grade certificates shall be examined
in the branches named for the second and
third grades, and also in the elementary
branches Of algebra, geometry, history of
Texas, physiology, school discipline and
methods of teaching. The examination
must be conducted IN the English Ian
guage and in writing. The county super
intendent, if satisfied by the examination
of the Competency of the applicant, shall
Issue a certificate of competency of the
first, second or third grade, as the case
may be, authorizing the employment Of
person holding such certificate by the
trustees of any school district in the
county in which said certificate is
issued, provided that the truss
tees of any school district shall
not contract with any person TO be
teacher who is related within the third
degree Of consanguinity or affinity to any
member of the board of trustees. Such
certificate shall be valid in the county
where issued for the current scholastic
year and may be renewed by the County,
superintendent if he is satisfied of the
propriety of such renewal; provided, that
u third grade certificate shall not be re-
newed, nor shall any person receive more
than one-thrd grade certificate A
teachers certificate may be cancelled on
account of such misconduct or immoral
ty as the trustees snail report to the
county superintendent, disqusSfying him
in their opinion for the inoHuction of
children; but before making such report,
the trustees shall give such teacher
reasonable notice of the charges against
him and an opportunity to be heard,
when teacher has been discharged after
fair trial for immortality OF incompetency,
notice Of the same shall be i'm
mediatsly sent to the state superinten-
dent, VINO shall issue notice of the
same to all county superintendent
throughout the state, nor shall the
board of trustees in any district OF the.
state contract with such teacher until at
least two years have passed after such
teacher has been discharged. 1t shall be
the duty of the teacher to keep an accu-
rate record of the daily attendance Of
each pupil and ell other statistical data
required by the state superintendent. and
he shall make such reports to the county
superintendent as may be required by
taat officer. :
Sec. 40. Teachers with certificates from
the State Normal School and the Summer
Normal School of Texas, shall not be re-
quired to be examined by the county
superintendent. Any person holding q
diploma from Texas State Normal School
may teach in the public schools of this
state during good behavior; any person
holding z certificate of one years atten-
dance at Texas State Normal School,
may teach in the public schools of the
state for three years after its issuance, or
during good behavior; any person holding
certificate from a Summer Normal
School may teach in the state for two
years or during good behavior, and such
certificate may be renewed by the county
Superintendent. The state superlnten-
dent shall prescribe rules for granting